85 degree water

[ikeslayer]

What the heck do ya do to catch fish in 85 degree water. Fished a little local tourney yesterday and it was tough dang tough. Out of 14 boats only one boat brought in 5 fish and only 2 more brought in 3 fish. Any ideas on how to catch these warm water fish let me have it, cause it was a sloooooooooooooooow night. Any thing is helpful.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Ike, it may have had nothing to do with the temps.. just the weather pattern we are in... Fish seem to have been very tight to cover the last few days... slow down and fish closer to things. accruate casts are a must!

[SluggoMaster]

I concur with Dietz. I caught a 4 and a 4.5 yesterday afternoon/evening. There is a very small strike zone, and it has to be SLOOOOOOWWW and in cooler water.

[Mr. Pike1]

I am up on vermillion and the water temps are 80. I am getting 10-20 smallies per day. The technique is sloooowww. Docks, Rocks, and senko' or tubes

[Captain B.R.K]

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I concur with Dietz. I caught a 4 and a 4.5 yesterday afternoon/evening. There is a very small strike zone, and it has to be SLOOOOOOWWW and in cooler water.

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Colder temps you say......85 degree's is cool?? I'm confused

[Slyster]

I would imagine deep water, well below the thermocline, the water would stay very cool no? Like 50's or less? Obviously our finders measure the temp at the surface. I measure 90+ water temp on Keller lake today!

[Maximum12]

I'll third that. Slow & slower, then slower still. The bass we've caught off cover lately, the cast has to land within a few inches of the dock/tree/slip, or nadda. Almost everything we're getting is on plastics. Did I mention we fished them slow?

[TNFL]

Tuesday on Lake Beebe the surface temp was 84. We caught 11 bass in between 2 and 6 feet of water. Half were on a weightless senko, and the other half on a carolina rig. Only one was smaller than 14.5". Only one came from a dock. We fished the weed line (5ft-6ft) and scattered clumps of weeds. The fish seemed to be holding to the bottom as it was probably a little cooler. Really had to soak the weightless worms.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

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I would imagine deep water, well below the thermocline, the water would stay very cool no? Like 50's or less? Obviously our finders measure the temp at the surface. I measure 90+ water temp on Keller lake today!

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How did you do? Did you fish Gervais at all? I was out with a friend on Gervais, we were in a 14' blue lund, johnson motor.

The water below the thermocline is significantly cooler, but I have heard that there are not many fish below the thermocline because of low oxygen and you have better luck fishing and the exact location of the thermocline. Not all lakes thermocline though.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Agreed, you're not gonna find much below the thermocline, especially not bass. And not all lakes have one.

[PlatinumHuskies]

Outside weedlines work the best in blistering hot weather. 12-18 foot depths usually minnesota weedlines

[Slyster]

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How did you do? Did you fish Gervais at all? I was out with a friend on Gervais, we were in a 14' blue lund, johnson motor.

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I focused on keller only... attempted to focus on senkos and tubes in those thick weeds and the lilly pads on the south side. Caught only 2 bass. Wasn't as good as I thought it would be.. seems like it should be such a good bass lake with all the weeds and a few farily deep spots with few weeds.

[ikeslayer]

Hey thanks for all the tips fellas!!!! And am i suppose to do something slow?????? j/k Thanks again any more tips or wisdom i would be glad to read

ike

[Mark Christianson]

I got stinkin skunked last night on bass.

The pike were sure on a megabite though. Wow! Deep weedline 14-16 ft. T-rigged anything worked. It was amazing.

But I want bass. Cripes.

[SluggoMaster]

BigLake, you were not alone. I was on the Horseshoe from 6-1 and was skunked there, and was skunked that evening on another lake as well.

[slicksnail]

I went out on Bass Lake in my canoe last night. I've had really good success out there up until about a week ago. Not a stinkin' bite. I fished in 1'-6' and tried some 10'-15' and then tried a couple dropoffs... We caught 2 northerns and a bullhead.

Blah!

[st.crioxfishin]

I was out yesterday(4:30-7:30)in my canoe in the south metro and ended up with three bass. Biggest was 19". All were caught on a tube in thick matted hydrilla in 8-10FOW.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

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I focused on keller only... attempted to focus on senkos and tubes in those thick weeds and the lilly pads on the south side. Caught only 2 bass. Wasn't as good as I thought it would be.. seems like it should be such a good bass lake with all the weeds and a few farily deep spots with few weeds.

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Any size to the bass? I fished Keller a bit before going to Gervais with limited success, about a week and a half ago. I got several bass around 12" with weightless jerkbaits around the few docks on the west shorline.

Fishing is getting a bit tougher but you may want to give Gervais a bit of attention next time out.

[Slyster]

No size to them. I will give Gervais a go next time around!